You just walk over there and into the office and say, 'Hey, be my prom date,'" he said. "It's that simple.

Sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something.

You just walk over there and into the office and say, 'Hey, be my prom date,'" he said. "It's that simple.

Once, I was easy. Now, I was choosy. See? Big difference.

Pretend to be a delinquent?" I asked clarifying. "You can do it," Dave advised me. "Just don't smile, and try to look like you're considering stealing something.

Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least it was done.

There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your heart.